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FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises of approval about the magic of the coming of fall, many (beyond a glance...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

BOB BROWN: The Smell of Combat

Consider the psychological cost incurred by the men and women in our military. They give...

Retirement: Just One More Rite of Passage

I expect any day now to find in our green mailbox an official-looking envelope from the federal government. It will mark both closure and...

Return to Your Local Roots

As a child, I vividly remember my mom handing me a few dollar bills and sending me off on my bike to get...

Directionless Dad Knew What Was Important

This is a bitter-sweet time of the year for me.  Spending Father's Day with son Will and my wife Janet is an annual...

Recipe of the Week: Grilled Surf-and-Turf with Spicy Garlic-Shallot Butter

Most father’s would agree you can’t easily beat this Father’s Day meal. And ladies your dad and husband will be real impressed with...

Fathers: Looking Back . . . Looking Forward

I remember the TV newsman, David Brinkley, once commented on the qualifications of a particular political candidate: “He says he’s a tax payer...

“And The Darkness Did Not Overcome It . . .”

John Will Creasy, a local artist missed by many, designed a specialized and symbolic cross for his church many years ago.  Overlapping the...